1. What is Development and how can it be measured?
Learning Outcomes:
Students should understand the term development
Students should know some of the ways development can be measured

2. What is Development?
You have 1 minute to discuss with your partner what we mean by the term development in geography.
Any ideas?
Development means change. When we’re talking about development in Geography, we’re usually talking about change for the better.
When a country develops it basically gets better for the people living there. Their quality of life improves (e.g. their wealth, health and safety).
It’s important to realise that the amount of money a country has is important in determining it’s development but that there are also lots of other factors that are just as important.
The level of development is different in different countries (e.g. France is move developed than Ethiopia)

3. Measuring Development
Development is pretty hard to measure because it includes so many things.
But you can compare the development of different countries using ‘development indicators’.
There are lots of different measures of development. You need to know ten of them.
Card Sort
Your teacher has given you a table listing the ‘development indicators’ you need to know as well as a set of cards with the definitions of what these indicators actually mean
You need to sort the definitions out in order to match them with the correct development indicator
Once done, you will need to fill in the definitions column in your table

4. Development Indicator
Answers
Development Indicator
GNP
GNI per capita
Human Development Index (HDI)
Birth Rate
Death rate
Infant Mortality Rate
People per Doctor
Literacy Rate
Access to Safe Water
Life expectancy

5. Development Indicator
Answers
Development Indicator
Definition
GNP
This stands for Gross National Product. It is the total value of goods and services a country produces in a year both domestically and abroad. It's often given in US dollars (US$).
GNI per capita
This stands for Gross National Income which is essentially the same as GNP except business taxes from foreign countries are deducted. GNI divided by the population of a country gives an idea of the average amount people earn in that country.
Human Development Index (HDI)
This is a number that's calculated using life expectancy, literacy rate, education level (e.g. degree) and income per head. The calculated number ranges from 0 (undeveloped country) to 1 (highly developed country). Watch the clip to explain this one more.
Birth Rate
The number of live babies born per thousand of the population per year.
Death rate
The number of deaths per thousand of the population per year.
Infant Mortality Rate
The number of babies who die under 1 year old, per thousand babies born.
People per Doctor
The average number of people for each doctor.
Literacy Rate
The percentage of adults who can read and write.
Access to Safe Water
The percentage of people who can get clean drinking water.
Life expectancy
The average age a person can expect to live to.

6. Different Levels of Development
As already stated different countries around the world are at different stages of development.
We can use development indicators to assess how developed different countries are.
You are now going to use your ipads to fill in the final columns of your table by finding out the development statistics for each of the names countries
Once completed we will then be able to compare the country’s stage of development

7. A Helping Hand Extension
The following websites would be a good place to start – use the QR codes provided:
CIA – The World Factbook
Nation Master
Unicef Statistics
Extension
If you finish this pick any other two statistics that you think give a good indication of a country’s level of development and add them to the bottom two rows of your table
Add a definition and find out how your six countries compare against these indicators

8. Comparing Countries Plenary
Pick any two indicators and draw a bar chart for each in your book
Look at the data you have researched and answer the following questions:
Which country is the most developed? Why?
Which country is least developed? Why?
Are there any bits of data that don’t quite fit the overall pattern? Why could this be?